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Tottenham star Alli reveals his toughest opponent

Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli has come up against some of the best players in the world during his short career.

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Having played in the Premier League, Champions League and internationally for England, the 21-year-old has already experienced as much as some players do in a lifetime.

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But the former MK Dons star believes Real Madrid star Toni Kroos - who he came up against for the Three Lions when they took on Germany - is his toughest opponent.

"Toni Kroos for Real Madrid and Germany – on his day you can’t get close to him," he told Hypebeast when asked who was the best player he has played against.

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"Obviously you want to be thinking about your own game but when you’re pressing, it’s quite annoying when he can just pop the ball off so easy — he’s just a joy to watch."

Alli has come under criticism in recent weeks despite his fine goalscoring after a series of handshake goal celebrations with his team-mates.

But the Spurs man feels that since the introduction of the routines the club's performances have been good and has no plans to stop.

"We [Alli and Harry Kane] sit next to each other in the changing room and when we both started scoring a few goals, we said we needed a celebration.

"Since then we’ve done alright so I don’t think we’ll be changing it just yet."

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